HH5 Red Squirrel Traditional Cache

This cache is part of the Haunted Hollow 5 event and is located just off one of the many trails located in Sleepy Hollow State Park. Most of the trails are well groomed and hard packed making a bike a great way to get to the caches in the area.

A Michigan Passport is required for entry to the park and may be purchased there. Keep in mind during hunting season to be aware of hunters in the area. Hunting is allowed from September 15 until April 1st each year.

General description: The red squirrel is rusty red above, with a whitish belly, gray sides, and ears that are tufted in winter. It is noted for its bright eyes, perky disposition, and chattering, rattling call.

Length: Body is 11 to 13 inches, tail is four to five inches.

Weight: 7 to 9 ounces.

Color: White belly and a top coat that is dull reddish gray in the summer and orange-red when colder weather arrives.

Sounds: Red squirrels are very vocal. They often chatter and whistle when humans are nearby.

Habitat and range

Red squirrels live throughout our nation's snowbelt, in mountainous regions and Canada. It is most associated with coniferous woods but hardwoods and thickets, even in the northern prairies, also provide habitat. A leaf nest, usually in a tree cavity or in a crotch of a tree, is its home.